Dust and cinder guard for car-windows.



N0. 7|s,2a4; Patented m. 16, I902,

M. W. HUTGHINSDIL DUST AND BINDER GUARD FOB CAB WINDOWS.

(Application filed .m 30, 1902.

(No Model.)

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MARIEJNW. HUTGHINSON,

PATENT FFICE.

OF VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.

DUST-AND CINDER GUARD FOR CAR-WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,234, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed July 30, 1902. Serial No. 117,692. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIEN W. HUTCHIN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Valdosta, in the countyof Lowndes and State of Georgia, have invented anew and useful D ust and Cinder Guard for Gar-Windows, of which the followingis' a specification.

This invention relatesfto dust and cinder guards for car-windows; and it has for its ob ject to provide a portable device of this class which shall be simple in construction, easily applied, inexpensive, and which when not in use will occupy but little room, while greatly increasing the comfort of the traveler carrying the same in his hand-baggage.

My invention, with these and other ends in view, consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention applied to a car-window in operative position. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, showing the device detached. Fig. 3 is transverse sectional view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by like numerals of reference.

My improved portable dust-guard consists of a shield 1, having parallel vertical sides 2 3 and inclined or beveled ends 4 4, which are tapered from the outer edge 3 to the inner edge 2 of the said shield, the said inner edge being thus somewhat shorter than the outer edge. The shield l is preferably constructed of sheet metal, such as ordinary tin-plate, and the upper and loweredges 4 4, as well as the outer edge 3, are sufficiently stiffened by simply bending. or creasing the edges, as shown at5 5. Along theinneredge Q eXtends a stiffening-rod 6, around which the sheet metal The upper and lower ends of the rod 6 are extended horizontally in an outward direction from the shield, but at an angle to the body of the latter. provided at their outer ends with hooks or catches 9 9. The joint formed between the edge of the barrel 7 and the body of the plate Said arms, which are designated 8 8, are" 1 is secured along the entire length of the device by solder, as shown at 10, in order to increase the strength of the device at thispoint, Where it is most needed.

The operation and the method of applying my improved dust-guard will be readily understood. Primarily it will be understood that the arms 8 should be nade of a length corresponding to the width of the frame of the ordinary car-window. When the sash is raised, the device is inserted in a tilted or slanting position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and is then gradually raised until the shield 1 occupies a vertical position. The device is then slid to the front end of the window-casin g, where it is supported between the sill and the sash. It is well known that carwindows are invariably constructed with a step or shoulder depending from the sill. Against this step or shoulder the lower inclined edge 4 of the shield will be caused to rest, while the upper inclined edge will in like manner be caused to bear against the under edge of the sash. The arms 8 8 being arranged transversely and at right angles to the sill, it follows that the body of the shield will occupy an inclined position, causing it to deflect dust and cinders from the window, and thus sheltering the person occupying the window-seat. The force exerted by the wind against the shield will simply cause it to hug the edges of the sill and the car-window, (or in some cases the top of the window-casing,) and the hooked end of the lowermost arm 8 engaging the window-sill will be sufficient to hold the device securely in position. Arms 8, provided with hooks 9, are provided at either end of the device in order to enable the same to be reversed when necessary.

The extreme simplicity of my invention and the ease with which it may be adjusted and operated will be evident at a glance and will recommend it to those who travel much.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters 'Patent of the United States- A d ust and cinder guard comprising a shield having tapered upper andlower edges converging in an inward direction, a stiffening rod at the inner edge of said shield extendmy own I have hereto affixed my signature in ing between the inner ends of the upper and the presence of two witnesses. lower edges, laterally-extending arms at the upper and lower ends of said stiffening-rod, MARIEN HUTCHINSON' 5 formed at an angle to the body of the shield, WVitnesses:

and hooks at the outer ends of said arms. A. A. HALL,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as M. A. WALKER. 

